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PrivacyAFCA Coach of the Year Information
 | Given to the coach of the year, the award is selected by the American Football Coaches Association. For more information visit the official website at - http://www.afca.com/article/article.php?id=CoachingAward |
AFCA Coach of the Year Winners
| Season | Award Winner | School |
| 2025 | Curt Cignetti | Indiana |
| 2024 | Curt Cignetti | Indiana |
| 2023 | Kalen DeBoer | Washington |
| 2022 | Sonny Dykes | TCU |
| 2021 | Luke Fickell | Cincinnati |
| 2020 | Tom Allen | Indiana |
| 2019 | Ed Orgeron | LSU |
| 2018 | Mike Leach | Washington State |
| 2017 | Scott Frost | UCF |
| 2016 | Mike MacIntyre | Colorado |
| 2015 | Dabo Swinney | Clemson |
| 2014 | Gary Patterson | TCU |
| 2013 | David Cutcliffe | Duke |
| 2012 | Brian Kelly | Notre Dame |
| 2011 | Les Miles | LSU |
| 2010 | Chip Kelly | Oregon |
| 2009 | Gary Patterson | Texas Christian |
| 2008 | Kyle Whittingham | Utah |
| 2007 | Mark Mangino | Kansas |
| 2006 | Jim Grobe | Wake Forest |
| 2005 | Joe Paterno | Penn State |
| 2004 | Tommy Tuberville | Auburn |
| 2003 | Pete Carroll | Southern California |
| 2002 | Jim Tressel | Ohio State |
| 2001 | Ralph Friedgen | Maryland |
| 2001 | Larry Coker | Miami FL |
| 2000 | Bob Stoops | Oklahoma |
| 1999 | Frank Beamer | Virginia Tech |
| 1998 | Phillip Fulmer | Tennessee |
| 1997 | Lloyd Carr | Michigan |
| 1996 | Bruce Snyder | Arizona State |
| 1995 | Gary Barnett | Northwestern |
| 1994 | Tom Osborne | Nebraska |
| 1993 | Barry Alvarez | Wisconsin |
| 1992 | Gene Stallings | Alabama |
| 1991 | Bill Lewis | East Carolina |
| 1990 | Bobby Ross | Georgia Tech |
| 1989 | Bill McCartney | Colorado |
| 1988 | Don Nehlen | West Virginia |
| 1987 | Dick MacPherson | Syracuse |
| 1986 | Joe Paterno | Penn State |
| 1985 | Fisher DeBerry | Air Force |
| 1984 | LaVell Edwards | Brigham Young |
| 1983 | Ken Hatfield | Air Force |
| 1982 | Joe Paterno | Penn State |
| 1981 | Danny Ford | Clemson |
| 1980 | Vince Dooley | Georgia |
| 1979 | Earle Bruce | Ohio State |
| 1978 | Joe Paterno | Penn State |
| 1977 | Don James | Washington |
| 1976 | Johnny Majors | Pittsburgh |
| 1975 | Frank Kush | Arizona State |
| 1974 | Grant Teaff | Baylor |
| 1973 | Bear Bryant | Alabama |
| 1972 | John McKay | Southern California |
| 1971 | Darrell Royal | Texas |
| 1971 | Bear Bryant | Alabama |
| 1970 | Charlie McClendon | LSU |
| 1969 | Bo Schembechler | Michigan |
| 1968 | Joe Paterno | Penn State |
| 1967 | John Pont | Indiana |
| 1966 | Tom Cahill | Army |
| 1965 | Tommy Prothro | UCLA |
| 1964 | Ara Parseghian | Notre Dame |
| 1964 | Frank Broyles | Arkansas |
| 1963 | Darrell Royal | Texas |
| 1962 | John McKay | Southern California |
| 1961 | Bear Bryant | Alabama |
| 1960 | Murray Warmath | Minnesota |
| 1959 | Ben Schwartzwalder | Syracuse |
| 1958 | Paul Dietzel | LSU |
| 1957 | Woody Hayes | Ohio State |
| 1956 | Bowden Wyatt | Tennessee |
| 1955 | Duffy Daugherty | Michigan State |
| 1954 | Red Sanders | UCLA |
| 1953 | Jim Tatum | Maryland |
| 1952 | Biggie Munn | Michigan State |
| 1951 | Chuck Taylor | Stanford |
| 1950 | Charlie Caldwell | Princeton |
| 1949 | Bud Wilkinson | Oklahoma |
| 1948 | Bennie Oosterbaan | Michigan |
| 1947 | Fritz Crisler | Michigan |
| 1946 | Red Blaik | Army |
| 1945 | Bo McMillin | Indiana |
| 1944 | Carroll Widdoes | Ohio State |
| 1943 | Amos Alonzo Stagg | Pacific |
| 1942 | Bill Alexander | Georgia Tech |
| 1941 | Frank Leahy | Notre Dame |
| 1940 | Clark Shaughnessy | Stanford |
| 1939 | Eddie Anderson | Iowa |
| 1938 | Bill Kern | Carnegie Mellon |
| 1937 | Edward Mylin | Lafayette |
| 1936 | Dick Harlow | Harvard |
| 1935 | Lynn Waldorf | Northwestern |